Posing for the Omega (For the Alpha #2)(42)
“You’ll have time to fuck his face another time. I have news.”
Svara stood with Naga a couple yards away her lovely words - yes, I mean that sarcastically - popping my peaceful bubble. Mother, she and Naga were like evil twins separated at birth. Thank god Svara wasn’t male or I’d be terrified of the offspring the two would produce. Speaking of which… “Like you face fucked Naga’s bitchy bits” A filter would have to wait.
Zora turned quickly and looked at the females with wide eyes. Naga’s skin flushed bright red as she looked at me with an expression that promised I would regret that with every fiber of my being. Didn't matter it was totally worth it. Svara laughed loudly and snagged at the end of Nagas long hair only to have her hand slapped away aggressively. “Don’t touch me!” Naga sneered and I swear she turned even redder.
Svara grinned wickedly at Zora, “what can I say I’m very convincing.”
“I would like to know how that transgressed, Naga.” Zora looked at the alpha bitch with a hard frown that said he wasn’t happy about the information.
“I’m sure you would alpha, but we all need to have our secrets.” Naga retorted the red in her cheeks no longer from embarrassment but from anger. Alpha growled deep in his chest and he pulled away from me taking a step towards Naga. The she wolf stood defiantly as she stared down her alpha with hard golden eyes.
“Do you wish to challenge me Naga?” Alpha’s words were more a growl than physical speech, but she understood him, it was obvious in the way her body tensed and her eyes shifted away submissively.
“No, I’ve kept this in for the last few days but I won’t now. Your secrets have fractured this packs loyalty for you.”
Their loyalty? I stiffened even as my lips twitched to bare my fangs. “Fractured their loyalties!” I barked angrily. How dare she. After everything Zora has done for this pack and for her she had no right to question his position as alpha. “He’s protected and kept this pack functioning for years and you’re going to doubt him now! Really! Now when you need his strength more than ever? You’re a rotten crow cunt, Naga.”
Naga’s face contorted into one of complete rage, her nose scrunching up and her eyes narrowing to thin slits. She took a step towards me only to have Svara grab her upper arm in a tight hold. “That would be very fucking stupid. That is your alpha’s very pregnant omega after all.” Svara pointed out in a very calm tone.
Naga shook her off with a growl but didn’t advance closer. “I wasn’t the one lying to the pack about what they were. It’s inevitable they would question alpha after what they saw. And now that others like him are hunting us and killing us, it’s his own fault.” She looked at me but I knew her words were directed to Zora. It was the only way she would have the courage to speak them out loud so he would hear.
“You’re just as guilty fueling their doubt. You’ve known alpha since he was a pup and yet you doubt him now because he kept a secret. In the face of a lifetime of loyalty you would judge him for only that and then sour the pack with your anger!” I took my own step towards her feeling the urge to protect my mate. Zora grabbed my hand forcing me to halt in my tracks.
“He only picked you because you’re a fucking monster like him,” she screeched. “I had a lifetime of loyalty and devotion and he chose you only because of what you are!”
My muscles loosened and I felt the niggling doubt I’d had return from when I’d first seen Zora’s luperci form. I’d said the exact same thing that Naga claimed, that he’d chosen me only for what I was not for my worth or because he loved me. I know that wasn’t true, I could see it in his black eyes when he looked at me. There was nothing but love in his gaze, nothing but affection in his touches, and lust in our sex. He loved me, not only because I was like him, but because I was me. I had no doubt he wouldn’t have mated Svara is she had been the luperci to come along that day in the woods or just any other luperci.
“I chose my mate because he is beautiful,” Zora said. “He is beautiful in the way he sees life. He loves and accepts this entire pack despite most shunning him for his differences. You speak of years of built loyalty when Ira has given his blindly from the very first day.” Zora shook his head as if Naga could never understand what he was trying to tell her. “He gave his trust and loyalty and I have had to prove I was able to protect it.” Naga’s lips pressed together in a tight line and she looked away from her alpha. I noticed as I looked past her that many of the pack members were watching the entire thing, their gazes wary and curious. Was Naga right? Had the packs loyalty been fractured when they saw Zora’s other form? Had it caused and unmendable rift? No, that wasn’t acceptable. Not after everything we’ve been through and all that this pack had endured together. Zora was a good alpha, strong, fair, and loving - he would protect this pack with every drop of blood in his body and he deserved their devotion for that.
“Naga,” I looked at the alpha bitch hoping she would acknowledge me. I needed her to for this to work. “I know you’re angry about me coming here, and about Comira and the others, but Zora has always been good to this pack. He’s always kept this pack safe and he always will. I know your doubting everything you know about him, but sometimes you have to give your trust without a guarantee it’s going to work out.” I took a breath hoping to find the courage for my next words because mother knows she would be the first to throw them back at me. “But if you need a guarantee, I swear on my life that you’re putting your loyalty with the right alpha, and I’ll renounce my claim as his mate if I’m wrong.”